25-01-2020 20:00 via theguardian.com

Australian government adviser urges threatened species overhaul after bushfires

Exclusive: Helene Marsh backs calls for the creation of national scientific monitoring system to help protect wildlifeA senior adviser to the federal government on threatened species has backed calls for the creation of a national scientific monitoring system after the bushfire crisis to help fix Australia’s “very uneven” record in protecting endangered wildlife.Helene Marsh, chair of the national threatened species scientific committee and an emeritus professor of environmenta
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